List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants explained

, there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population over 30,000, 129 communes with population over 50,000 and 42 communes with population over 100,000.[1] All figures reflect the municipal population (French: population municipale), meaning people who have their usual residence in the commune,[2] excluding population counted apart.[3] The population of the matching Urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown.[4] [5] Communes in the overseas territories are listed in a separate table below.

List

CommuneDepartmentRegionPopulation, 2006Population, 2013Population, 2019Rank, 2019
Paris2,181,3712,229,621 2,165,423 1
839,043855,393 870,731 2
472,305500,715 522,969 3
437,715458,298 493,465 4
347,060342,295 342,669 5
282,853292,718 318,808 6
251,634272,084 295,542 7
272,975275,718 287,228 8
232,260243,626 260,958 9
226,014231,491 234,475 10
209,613211,373 220,488 11
183,837182,592 181,194 12
167,816163,760 178,745 13
177,480172,023 173,821 14
182,580172,074 168,290 15
156,107160,215 158,198 16
151,504153,003 158,002 17
152,337150,125 155,850 18
138,314142,442 153,810 19
136,473147,192 152,212 20
144,092150,564 148,561 21
138,992141,463 147,865 22
142,534141,545 145,133 23
144,016144,244 143,847 24
144,548139,386 139,926 25
136,942134,803 137,087 26
136,105132,699 134,706 27
136,539135,098 130,876 28
51,02352,029 130,721 29
110,251116,794 121,583 30
115,326120,959 119,344 31
124,435118,634 118,489 32
117,080116,952 117,912 33
113,130114,375 116,269 34
97,875109,343 112,852 35
107,904110,755 112,321 36
101,587104,139 111,240 37
102,683106,817 111,038 38
110,514112,063 108,312 39
110,399107,229 106,230 40
105,468104,072 105,058 41
99,291104,332 103,208 42
97,95295,866 98,828 43
92,35793,974 98,656 44
88,31692,227 96,277 45
82,90290,075 95,510 46
88,93989,989 93,246 47
92,45490,305 91,143 48
88,77687,427 89,212 49
73,50677,452 88,948 50
82,35186,020 87,143 51
81,60082,634 86,969 52
82,02684,577 86,534 53
69,27489,882 86,279 54
74,48081,415 84,982 55
87,54985,272 84,808 56
84,41585,523 81,558 57
69,84976,090 79,824 58
78,549 59
77,62579,762 78,317 60
72,24574,811 78,308 61
77,19674,344 77,205 62
74,86375,961 76,990 63
90,34784,174 76,512 64
83,90377,575 75,627 65
75,21474,133 74,976 66
70,61073,325 74,545 67
75,82075,456 73,438 68
74,88872,520 72,509 69
66,06368,241 72,376 70
65,46968,386 72,197 71
53,122[6] 58,197 71,437[7] 72
68,83868,513 71,394 73
66,06367,507 71,361 74
65,71367,956 68,682 75
61,47165,662 67,981 76
61,34162,834 67,871 77
57,17961,636 67,285 78
66,851 79
62,85165,264 66,082 80
56,87361,708 65,911 81
58,00454,709 65,493 82
57,18760,763 65,245 83
65,26361,767 64,749 84
70,82867,189 64,541 85
55,60858,933 63,748 86
64,90263,532 63,283 87
57,16259,255 63,089 88
56,76864,523 62,987 89
60,55261,727 62,760 90
61,34459,671 61,957 91
61,15162,616 61,957 91
53,94157,921 61,372 93
53,57753,471 59,846 94
61,47162,346 59,599 95
58,65457,533 59,196 96
58,06657,393 59,193 97
57,54358,653 58,917 98
51,10952,797 57,498 99
58,54757,961 57,246 100
55,48155,252 57,071 101
51,81756,156 56,902 102
53,23354,470 56,483 103
48,84253,766 55,750 104
50,77652,082 55,516 105
50,57157,184 55,208 106
48,61653,569 55,154 107
50,71752,732 55,147 108
55,00755,713 54,821 109
51,59854,857 54,611 110
53,31152,865 54,587 111
51,53753,039 54,458 112
47,80649,802 54,363 113
54,63253,890 54,037 114
53,07953,032 53,719 115
56,79255,698 53,570 116
60,05357,960 53,514 117
49,45552,656 53,120 118
50,65552,203 52,925 119
40,30044,087 52,795 120
51,60051,599 52,774 121
48,31346,940 52,178 122
51,72753,124 52,008 123
44,40647,492 51,894 124
51,10649,465 51,734 125
40,92947,632 51,234 126
42,95047,534 50,697 127
40,18345,902 50,644 128
51,97052,566 50,454 129
47,48849,695 49,788 130
51,23350,479 49,733 131
44,19748,066 49,311 132
48,71249,432 48,902 133
48,80150,916 48,870 134
46,31847,904 48,574 135
43,05443,219 48,530 136
43,57742,254 48,503 137
45,17849,656 48,352 138
33,70741,515 47,621 139
44,68245,303 47,535 140
43,90143,784 47,415 141
40,74642,950 46,927 142
46,63946,724 46,825 143
49,66144,919 46,803 144
50,86350,196 46,443 145
51,99748,991 46,436 146
51,23949,722 46,349 147
50,00946,794 46,330 148
36,19842,769 46,150 149
41,17443,802 46,024 150
48,48745,539 45,898 151
44,74545,043 45,818 152
41,55643,099 45,692 153
40,14744,263 45,386 154
42,98143,891 45,157 155
46,53445,166 45,056 156
37,03440,678 45,053 157
15,59614,223 45,030 158
41,31239,547 44,806 159
42,74344,818 44,805 160
38,58741,125 44,463 161
46,18444,899 44,379 162
41,93045,052 43,921 163
43,00844,270 43,858 164
40,92041,517 43,820 165
42,09042,937 43,626 166
46,43745,331 43,605 167
41,41842,581 43,294 168
39,67241,782 43,239 169
42,42642,851 43,229 170
47,55945,209 43,122 171
37,33339,568 42,919 172
45,43341,062 42,758 173
38,91938,746 42,244 174
43,14141,636 42,079 175
42,53143,187 41,887 176
39,94340,711 41,837 177
42,01540,830 41,694 178
42,09641,970 41,603 179
40,15640,490 41,111 180
38,93638,520 40,936 181
42,85241,522 40,898 182
37,66340,066 40,844 183
41,12741,627 40,778 184
37,33240,255 40,631 185
42,03640,430 40,615 186
44,27342,537 40,251 187
39,84740,040 40,095 188
32,11038,302 39,968 189
33,92436,643 39,818 190
37,64639,184 39,719 191
37,72939,276 39,661 192
42,76641,189 39,613 193
37,08839,174 39,433 194
35,86037,461 39,187 195
40,02238,840 38,534 196
38,93938,392 38,486 197
36,23337,703 38,444 198
34,67036,365 38,285 199
35,21738,019 37,935 200
33,50937,550 37,918 201
35,59235,329 37,713 202
34,54637,847 37,617 203
32,98833,375 37,394 204
33,18736,131 37,036 205
35,68735,684 36,932 206
29,95830,633 36,754 207
32,07735,964 36,639 208
28,57234,261 36,582 209
37,25937,206 36,577 210
35,34034,614 36,461 211
34,18836,531 36,291 212
33,47934,262 36,169 213
34,06935,984 36,060 214
33,80434,005 36,027 215
32,12634,655 35,993 216
33,35234,756 35,907 217
34,02435,868 35,830 218
31,21334,610 35,826 219
30,61530,094 35,670 220
33,67135,213 35,536 221
30,33931,264 35,236 222
34,89134,419 35,196 223
30,45032,575 34,890 224
35,60835,308 34,841 225
28,73831,438 34,640 226
34,32534,387 34,592 227
28,96933,154 34,586 228
37,41934,869 34,451 229
39,88937,839 34,361 230
30,59632,605 34,061 231
30,63231,367 34,042 232
31,87332,623 34,021 233
34,17133,350 33,908 234
36,12635,507 33,809 235
31,23931,450 33,780 236
32,06733,480 33,588 237
24,58330,244 33,458 238
37,19034,493 33,333 239
32,63431,487 33,203 240
33,13833,632 33,098 241
38,49634,841 33,005 242
26,24231,439 32,985 243
38,14835,881 32,977 244
30,83532,287 32,801 245
29,52930,979 32,645 246
33,72834,344 32,602 247
28,67429,826 32,405 248
32,92133,986 32,384 249
33,96833,625 32,282 250
34,01432,188 32,256 251
32,59432,852 32,176 252
19,84326,715 32,156 253
30,42831,201 32,071 254
26,93429,178 31,808 255
27,65227,855 31,671 256
34,40231,262 31,487 257
35,58331,647 31,461 258
26,33331,126 31,394 259
25,82427,378 31,314 260
31,233 261
30,14231,212 31,068 262
31,53931,342 30,950 263
30,50930,304 30,950 263
31,25231,132 30,865 265
27,53228,459 30,861 266
27,90630,015 30,837 267
29,56230,645 30,697 268
29,31529,280 30,676 269
32,72331,373 30,646 270
24,41726,104 30,642 271
27,65528,100 30,525 272
27,37529,580 30,463 273
27,59029,462 30,440 274
28,33929,165 30,405 275
29,47230,809 30,153 276
32,56531,517 30,112 277
25,19925,657 30,087 278
23,31228,500 30,061 279
29,38529,109 30,012 280
30,09229,325 29,993 281
25,13030,068 29,987 282
31,44729,836 29,942 283
29,55830,036 29,896 284
28,39530,408 29,882 285
30,23031,334 29,807 286
26,62027,312 29,745 287
27,18828,498 29,642 288
21,29325,253 29,600 289
32,69930,567 29,589 290
28,21927,546 29,471 291
28,57228,797 29,318 292
27,45128,422 29,236 293
30,07628,991 29,169 294
30,07628,704 29,068 295
28,07428,021 28,939 296
24,66826,826 28,930 297
29,36928,190 28,895 298
27,15128,561 28,841 299
23,65927,163 28,834 300
29,41230,725 28,782 301
29,85929,193 28,772 302
28,44228,472 28,712 303
25,57526,645 28,710 304
28,73628,687 28,602 305
27,13027,312 28,423 306
27,81528,738 28,352 307
33,61830,214 28,241 308
25,98127,716 28,201 309
25,44426,206 28,117 310
26,12125,945 27,928 311
26,87828,170 27,846 312
18,95722,816 27,833 313
24,50825,610 27,493 314
22,75325,624 27,412 315
28,54328,491 27,400 316
30,61026,465 27,364 317
24,21824,922 27,209 318
26,26125,849 27,157 319
25,66125,926 27,141 320
26,43625,998 26,872 321
26,36826,455 26,698 322
27,71628,063 26,693 323
26,96125,018 26,688 324
18,77225,419 26,597 325
23,30225,889 26,580 326
25,93926,557 26,565 327
25,69426,072 26,553 328
27,37026,900 26,489 329
28,65427,413 26,467 330
24,51725,002 26,428 331
23,91425,006 26,385 332
17,73621,638 26,358 333
25,81925,636 26,236 334
24,91125,587 26,168 335
26,15226,075 26,106 336
25,91526,748 25,992 337
26,22624,967 25,963 338
28,45826,350 25,870 339
26,53525,697 25,806 340
26,69024,993 25,787 341
22,98824,439 25,694 342
24,49924,913 25,654 343
22,56824,502 25,629 344
27,57726,290 25,624 345
29,47726,572 25,593 346
21,09122,820 25,541 347
23,96422,378 25,531 348
21,19922,969 25,525 349
25,62125,298 25,505 350
23,17122,882 25,496 351
28,14727,113 25,464 352
21,50323,419 25,406 353
23,64024,606 25,335 354
25,85626,066 25,330 355
26,53125,601 25,287 356
25,162 357
26,47225,463 25,039 358
24,96224,914 25,024 359
26,10825,325 24,980 360
25,56725,863 24,971 361
24,83625,978 24,909 362
23,81325,793 24,903 363
23,62224,725 24,797 364
21,15324,039 24,753 365
22,68123,702 24,674 366
21,19722,377 24,627 367
19,27921,762 24,488 368
24,02823,741 24,475 369
26,52225,219 24,304 370
23,29623,947 24,257 371
23,07324,653 24,151 372
24,56825,466 24,097 373
22,06721,463 24,087 374
21,71422,209 24,065 375
20,20422,680 23,898 376
23,41123,207 23,890 377
23,10523,565 23,760 378
24,01824,064 23,727 379
24,60623,312 23,711 380
26,29924,761 23,584 381
23,72623,404 23,463 382
22,07122,819 23,447 383
23,419 384
22,56623,565 23,361 385
22,93622,066 23,211 386
20,94420,770 23,181 387
22,62721,874 23,124 388
20,03020,997 23,092 389
22,41022,942 23,028 390
24,05223,821 22,980 391
26,97225,626 22,928 392
21,41020,650 22,866 393
21,23022,559 22,851 394
22,76621,393 22,555 395
15,22917,837 22,534 396
21,16222,412 22,528 397
21,40821,364 22,522 398
23,61822,258 22,456 399
24,45623,413 22,433 400
19,87519,907 22,413 401
21,03220,677 22,386 402
22,21122,398 22,377 403
18,65720,084 22,309 404
18,20921,102 22,286 405
22,20821,646 22,175 406
21,54521,962 22,173 407
21,23022,031 22,149 408
21,02722,456 22,149 408
20,83821,094 22,128 410
22,29923,669 22,030 411
22,13222,426 22,000 412
20,85022,864 21,998 413
22,13322,205 21,979 414
23,85623,296 21,913 415
23,81322,802 21,903 416
17,03120,294 21,887 417
22,84321,831 21,879 418
22,68122,243 21,856 419
24,35722,560 21,847 420
19,12919,746 21,788 421
23,46623,462 21,742 422
21,41620,796 21,723 423
18,53120,481 21,679 424
21,60322,086 21,627 425
20,23120,018 21,623 426
21,95621,596 21,597 427
20,08620,718 21,539 428
19,85019,985 21,529 429
18,93520,307 21,528 430
21,06219,844 21,521 431
21,10121,737 21,408 432
19,05721,276 21,372 433
17,67619,501 21,322 434
18,69219,571 21,288 435
22,36021,513 21,277 436
23,81322,308 21,269 437
21,04821,657 21,269 437
16,76817,173 21,229 439
19,52119,712 21,050 440
21,41820,677 21,010 441
21,81620,631 21,007 442
20,58020,713 20,917 443
19,94420,696 20,914 444
21,43620,933 20,895 445
20,92621,114 20,881 446
19,95220,840 20,878 447
18,93620,990 20,860 448
22,99422,015 20,851 449
20,81020,776 20,843 450
20,828 451
18,50620,251 20,818 452
19,25718,753 20,780 453
18,58119,717 20,771 454
19,87920,915 20,743 455
21,20221,264 20,692 456
17,90319,267 20,648 457
21,73321,572 20,635 458
20,94120,170 20,595 459
18,61119,498 20,557 460
21,77821,838 20,551 461
20,15219,917 20,532 462
20,04120,057 20,484 463
20,424 464
20,67219,988 20,372 465
17,89818,646 20,365 466
18,35619,287 20,322 467
18,45419,574 20,285 468
19,45919,627 20,210 469
21,71721,377 20,124 470
18,01518,955 20,557 471
23,34321,132 20,038 472
19,41319,718 20,004 473

Overseas territories

For the overseas territories the legal populations sources are:

CommuneTerritoryPop. 2017–2019Rank
94,285 1
35,873 2
35,334 3
29,506 4
28,103 5
27,620 6
26,926 7
24,563 8

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. INSEE: Municipal populations, definition.
  3. INSEE: Population counted apart, definition.
  4. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119916/ensemble.pdf Populations légales 2006: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble
  5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2387611/ensemble.pdf Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble
  6. 2007
  7. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3291775?sommaire=2120838 Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121173012/http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/repart_poplegale_iles_2017_v3.pdf Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017
  9. INSEE: Les populations légales de Wallis et Futuna en 2018.
  10. ISEE: Les chiffres détaillés des populations légales par commune de Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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